The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-03-16
FROM THE STATE CAPITOL.

but rev were reucned nnWoVer, on oc-
count Of the general revenue bill,
which terk up the greater portion OF
two days tn consider. This bill Is in.
tended To take the place of, or revise,
the one passed during the last session
of the legislature, and makes some
important changes. Should it become
a law, furniture, watches aud pleasure
carriages will no longer be obliged to
pay tax. The bill is one Of extreme
length, as in the very nature of things
il must DE, containing 36 sections.
The section which excluded manufac
turing corporations from State taxa
tim was voted down. 1t is a very
grave question whether the striking
out Of this section is not a step back
ward in the progress of our State.
Other States, a majority of the lead.
ing ones at least, exempt manufacto-
ries from taxation as an iuducement
to bring them in. The act does not
relieve them of taxation for county
aud lacal purposes, so that 10 one is
the loser but the State, and the ques
tion arises whether or not it would not
be acting the past os wisdom and
economy to make at least as good a
bid for them as our ueighboring States,
Massachusetts,, New York, Delaware
agd dozen other of the great manu-.
featuring States do, So long as the
county and immediate neigbborhoud
10 which they are located would get
benefit Of the tax for local purp, ?
We fear the legislature will make q
mistake if it Insists upon excluding
this section of the bill. The especial
champions of the labor organizations
fought bard to retain it, while the
granger element, which expects these
same labor champions to help them
knock out the project for the repeal
of the oleomargerlne law, voted al.
most solidly for rejection of the sect
ion alluded to.
Blythe. way, speaking of oleomar.
gerine, reminds me that an effort to
have the existing State law, which
prohibits entirely the manufacture and
sale Of the article, repealed, was laid
cold in death in committee last week,
and cannot now be placed on the cal.
endar except by q majority vote of
the House, which would be rather
hard to spring. Aud yet the grangers
throughout the country are still send
ing carloads of petitions. against the
repeal of the oleomargerine law"
Well, in all human probabilities the
law will not be repealed.
The Bllliugsley Bill was not reach
ed on second reading last week, but
will come up for consideration this
week, perhaps Wednesday. 1t is ru-
mored that the differences between
the producers and the National Tran.
sit will be settled before any definite
action is taken, which will be q virtu.
al concession of all the producers have
demanded by the Transit company.
Should an arrangements of this kind
be effected the bill would likely be
left to die where it is. However, the
producers, or most Of them, claim
that they want nothing of the kind,
and that nothing short of the propos.
ed Bill will satisfy them. 1t would
seem, nevertheless, that al amica6le
settlement of the differences would be
the easiest way out of the difficulty il
such could be brought about. 1t i;
argued that an agreement or coDcess
loo on the part of the Transit would
be made only to be broken at the frs
opportunity. But the company could
not possibly afford to do such a thing
as 1t would only be the worse for then
in the end. Unless such a compro
mise is made believe the bill will
pass the House in Substantially tn,
same form in which it now stands.
Perhaps the most important meas
ure to Forest county now before th,
Legislature, is House Bill No. 32l
which provides for the prevention o
"horses, cattle, mules, sheep or swim,
f from running at large" Should i
pass, of which there seems little doubt
it will mean simply that the bound
less acres of wild pastures in Fores
county shall 60 to waste. There is n,
, penalty attached for allnwinO thas